Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-09
THE CUBAN GIANTS DEFEATED.

They Fail to Hat Fitzgerald or Leary
 Funny Antics by the GIanIs-TheIr
 Loud Coaching and Kicking Afford
 Much Amusement Heavy Batting
 by Halpin, Brill and PhaIon-The
 Yale-Harvard Freshman Game-YaIe
 Wins-HartfOrd Defeats Waterbury
 Danbury Loses to Bridgeport.
 Those who staid away from Hamilton Park yesterday afternoon missed rare treat. It WIS immense fun to see the Cuban Giants kick and coach. They kicked, not because of the decisions of Umpire Crowley but on gen. eral principles, a thing they have an extend ed reputation for. Nobody objected to their kicking, for that and the coaching kept the spectators in an elmost constant fit of laugher. It was all in the way it was done, and in a way particularly their oWn.
 The New Ravens beat the celebrated colored Giants, much to the latter's discom- fture and chagrin, by score of 9 10 8.
 There were no exceptional brilliant plays made during the game, except double play by Troy, Halpin and Phalon. Fitzgerald pitched with good effect for four innings, when his arm became sore from working two days in succession, and go Leary was put in the box, Brill going to third and Fitzgerald to right. The Giants could not do much of anything with either Fitzgerald or LealJ.
 The New Ravens batted well, but the hits were not well punched. Halpin clearly showed in the two games s'ready played that he has his wits about him. He backs up every baseman, and in fact is just whero he is most needed every time. He and Brill led the team at the bat yesterday, each making four safe hits, one of Halpin's being two bagger. In the game yesterday aud the one with the Monitors he had the largest total base hits. Phalon also used the stick well, making two two-baggers.
 In the sixth inning Leary hit Holmes with the bali, not very hard either, but Holmes had been doing nothing at third base or as the bat and so the manager sent another mar, to run the bases for him. Captain Troy ob- jected, as the rules distinctly say that no player shall retire from the game unless dis abled, on which point the umpire shall be the sole judge. The man who had been sent to take Holme1' place had no uniform on, and the rules on this point say that each team must have player in uniform on the bench. The manager of the Giants was go- ing to call his men off the field and so Man ager Kelly gave him his point.
 The loud coaching of the Giants did not rattle Fitzgerald at all, or any member of the team. The coaching was of a na- ture which would not be allowed in league game.
 The Giants wanted to win so badly that whenever player would make misplay the others would "blow" him sky high with words. The catcher had two passed balls in one inning, and this so exasperated the pitch CT that he would not speak to his partner till the last inning. Then the catcher fell over the players bench in running after a foul, and he got angry at somebody, nobody knew why, for letting him fall over.
 LAW, what is you givin' us" said the swarthy Thomas when strike wss called on him. Every time nearly that a strike was called on one of the colored gentlemen he would turn around and look at Umpire Crow ley ss if he wanted to carve him with a razor. In fact, the antics of the Giants were very Imaginable.
 grass was wet and the ball hard to handle. Both teams played good game, however.
 HAVEN. CUBAN GIANTS.